After being denied one chance to play at Wembley by the Dragons, Luke Waterfall is hoping for a second chance to feature at the famous venue, this time in the red of Wrexham.

Waterfall was part of the Gainsborough Trinity side who pushed Wrexham so close two seasons ago in a two legged semi-final before being dumped out of the competition, with Andy Morrell’s side going on to lift the trophy after a dramatic penalty shoot-out.

Having signed earlier in the week for the Dragons, Waterfall is still eligible for the Trophy, and has lofty ambitions with the club.

Following the midweek 6-1 replay win over Stockport County, Wrexham will now face the winners of either Gateshead or Grimsby in the last 16 of the competition.

Insisting a push for promotion is the main priority for the club, Waterfall adds it would be poetic justice if he were to earn a chance of redemption and a Wembley appearance with his new employers.

He has already faced Wrexham this season after featuring in a 2-2 draw while on loan at Macclesfield from Scunthorpe United.

“I have signed for 18 months and hopefully we can put a good few wins together this year. You never know where that is going to take you, maybe a play-off push,” said the 24-year-old centre-half.

“Hopefully if we can put a good sting of results together, we have half an eye on next year as well, but lets get promoted next year if not this year.

“Obviously they got to Wembley before in the Trophy so a Wembley game would be nice. It would be great to get there with Wrexham (after being denied by them).

Waterfall was part of the Gainsborough side knocked out of the FA Trophy by Andy Morrell's Wrexham side

“We drew 2-2 earlier in the season when I was on loan at Macclesfield, and they beat us in the FA Trophy semi-final when I was at Gainsborough, so I’ve had a couple of good games against them.

“They were not happy times, the Trophy semi-final. We were unlucky not to get anything out of the second leg to be fair.

“We could have nicked something that day, but unfortunately Wrexham scored in the first leg in the 94th minute to make it 3-1 and that sort of killed us off.

Waterfall had a variety of options before signing for the Racecourse club, but insisted as soon as he heard the Dragons were interested, his mind was made up.

He started his career and came through his YTS at Barnsley before moving to Tranmere. After a stint at Prenton Park Waterfall dropped down the football pyramid where he had a number of successful seasons with Gainsborough Trinity before earning a move back to the Football League with Scunthorpe United.

After having his contract cancelled at Glanford Park, Waterfall had sparked interest from a number of clubs – some in the Football League, but insisted he was relishing his move to the Racecourse.

“It was quite a last minute thing to be fair,” said Waterfall. “I was speaking to other clubs and then Wrexham came in and made an offer at the last minute. I did a bit of a U-turn when I knew Wrexham were interested. I came straight up and spoke to the gaffer (Kevin Wilkin) and Gary Mills, the assistant, and took it from there.

“I was speaking to a couple of clubs in the league above but they fell through. I spoke to quite a few Conference clubs but when I spoke to Wrexham, it was an easy decision.

“He (Wilkin) said he has seen quite a lot of me, has had an eye on me and is planning for next year, in trying to get players tied down and identifying players he wants in order to get a settled team for this year and next year.

“Obviously I don’t know what the gaffer has got in store (for Telford), and the boys had a good win in mid-week against Stockport. But hopefully subject to international clearance I will be involved.”